Quarantine Routine: Pop star Johnny Orlando is writing love songs
The 17-year-old says he's never been so bored
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“We had 190 volunteers in two days”: How U of T med students are helping health care workers with groceries and child care
“Our teachers, mentors and professors are all doctors and health care workers: we realized they were going to be on the front lines for this crisis”
Virtual puppy training, FaceTime board game nights and six other ingenious ways Torontonians are socially distancing
“The only drawback is the lack of puppy cuddles”
“When I return to work, I won’t be able to touch my family for a long time”: This ER doctor became a new dad in the middle of the pandemic
“The world outside our hospital room terrified me. But then I’d look at my son, and he'd bring a light in a dark time”
Quarantine Routine: John Tory almost grew a self-isolation beard
“I thought I wouldn't have to worry about my looks”
“I was worried about transmitting the coronavirus to my mom, so I moved into a trailer in the driveway”
“Only in a crisis would my mom be okay with having a 30-foot trailer in our driveway”
“One restaurant offered free food to seniors and low-income people”: Inside Caremongering, the Toronto Facebook group for good deeds
“We’ve shown that there’s an enormous potential for compassion and love”
“Everyone stands on their balconies to applaud the frontline workers”: What it’s like to be quarantined in Spain
He’d like to fly home, but thinks it's far too risky
“They close their eyes and get lost in song”: How a 24-year-old singer serenades the elderly via FaceTime
“I’m determined to keep them from becoming further isolated”
“I’m 30 years old and I’m struggling to breathe”: A Torontonian with Covid-19 tells his story
“I’m having coughing fits so violent that I have to take two-hour naps to recover from them”
“I lost 80 per cent of my business in 48 hours”: A Q&A with Joe Rutherford, the Toronto dog walker fighting for a rent freeze
“One idea that makes sense to me is that the government would subsidize losses incurred by landlords”
“I was worried about feeling lonely, but it was totally the opposite”: How a Toronto woman celebrated Iranian new year over FaceTime
“Usually people make wishes for themselves and their loved ones. This year, people were wishing for everyone: not just the Iranian community, but the whole world”
“I suspect all of our staff will get sick”: How an ICU nurse is preparing for the Covid-19 crisis
“I feel like one of those people nailing storm shutters to their windows before the hurricane comes ashore. I know it’s going to be devastating”
“We envisioned the whole thing as a conveyor belt”: How St. Mike’s doctors created a Covid-19 assessment centre from scratch
“We sketched the whole thing out on a piece of scrap paper”
“I treated the first Covid-19 patient in Canada”: A Toronto ER doctor’s story
“At first, we had a screener in the front of the ER who would ask every patient if they have symptoms that could suggest Covid-19. More recently, that's turned into dedicated screeners at every entrance to the hospital”
